It is about improving the democratic process of voting.

The people of the United States are appalled and embarrassed at the amount of money spent on campaigns for public office, which fuel negative ads and disregard truth-telling. We want only to know what candidates stand for, and what they don't. We want to have access to their records of public service. Limiting the amount of money they have to spend will force them to think through the content of their ads, and spare us from being overwhelmed with vitriol.

We want more competitive voting in our voting districts.

The People of this country, on all sides of the political arena, have been insulted and their ability to act on behalf of their country's best interests severely compromised by allowing Corporations, to be given the same rights and privileges as citizens. Corporations are the very reason that our citizens, who were forced to pay into Social Security, and who believed the government's promise to return that investment by way of disability and/or retirement support, are now being told that there will be no social security for most seniors of today and beyond. Corporations stole with the government turning a blind eye and now you have given them by defining them as people, more votes and more power to corrupt our democratic process and manipulate our people one against the other to create an chaotic climate that they then use to further rob our country of its resources and values. Even the youngest citizen knows that a corporation is an entity, a structure, a self-serving business which may involve the input of human skills to run, but which is not in any way similar to a human being nor deserving of the basic human rights that corporate america has proven to be willing to sacrifice for our country's people in favor of acquiring more wealth for a small segment of an entity operating under the laws of North American business. By granting the corporation "person" status you are essentially granting each member of the excecutives of each corpororation more than one vote in our elections which is not acceptable in a democratic and free nation. The corporations enjoy not only more power than the people but they get the priveleges of extra voting power yet do not have the restrictions that american workers who are humans have to abide by such as restrictions on bargaining power to correct unfair labor practices of any kind. Already we the people, have seen the corporate "mind" in action.....creating propaganda to incite animosity between workers with legitimate claims of mistreatment , and voters who are wary of union extremists. They create this chaos, so that they will be assisted in their attempt to ultimately turn this democracy into a facist regime where the few fat-pockets on the top of the power pole rule the country and the values this country was founded on are trashed. Learn from history, and stop this movement of corporate takeover of American values now while you have the people's attention. You are right when you say you can't change the depth of corruption in the government alone, they'll simply dispose of you like they have done so many other times to leaders who hold to true American values for all its people. So act now and start by getting rid of that definition that allows Corporations to claim the rights only human beings should be allowed to claim. If not, explain to us why you are letting them have the chance to take not only all the social secuirty away but now all future prosperity that is acquired by the sweat of our human people..

Voters outside of King County have just approved I-1240, Charter Schools. Charter Schools waste taxpayer money, and have failed to demonstrate any success over traditional public schools.In fact, while only 17% of charters show better results than public schools, 38% do worse. A recent study called them "engines of racial segregation". Well, if voters outside King Co. want them, let them have them. But if they want to waste our insufficient tax dollars on charter schools, they should NOT be getting $0.40 of every levy dollar we tax ourselves in Seattle. We should repeal the Levy Equalization Legislation, and keep our local levy money in local schools, NOT outsourced to failed experiments.

As a teacher for 20 years, I have seen how the curriculum offered to most children has narrowed over that time. Many California children have no instruction in dance, music, theatre or visual arts in their schools. The California state legislature can help turn the tide on this issue by explicitly instructing the California Department of Education and school districts throughout California to 1. hold schools accountable for providing arts instruction to all students and 2. affirmatively state that state and federal categorical funds can and should be used to support standards-based arts instruction.

If viewers refuse to watch campaign commercials, the influence of big money will wane in politics. We know from the past election that money can't buy you elective office. Now the people who are spending it will get the message

It is supposed to be illegal for employers to discriminate against age. Yet every online application now has a non optional request for the year you graduated high school. This immediately identifies your age and allows the employer to screen applicants on the basis of age.

Fact checking advertisements before they reach the airwaves. Stopping the misinformation before it starts.

Daylight Savings Time is nothing but a nuisance now.

Restore confidence in the process. Provide more Federal intervention. Take the process our of the hands of politicians. Make it easier to vote, and establish penalties for anyone who attempts to thwart the process.

Kentucky Utilities has proposed to increase its electric rates across all classes of customers in order to generate an additional $82.4 million in revenue per year. KU estimates that with their increase in fees the average bill, approx. $95.00 would rise by $7.41 to $99.71. Most of this increase would come from raising the monthly service charge from $8.50 to $13. The charge per kilowatt-hour (a kilowatt-hour is the amount of electricity used by a 100-watt light bulb in 10 hours) would be raised from 6.987 cents to 7.235 cents. KU and LG&E say the base rate increases are needed to pay for upgrades to electric transmission and distribution systems, improvements at electric generating facilities and the hiring of additional employees, particularly in its customer service operation. The companies also cited increased costs to comply with tighter federal cyber security standards. How necessary are these fees? Who would get these jobs? Let your voice be heard: Written comments will be accepted at the meeting. There is only one meeting left, but you can still write to the address below. Written comments also may be mailed to the PSC at P.O. Box 615, Frankfort, KY 40602, faxed to 502-564-9625. Louisville Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, 5:30 p.m. EST Durrett Auditorium, Louisville Male High School 4409 Preston Highway